3851. This is
what the painter had to say about Salvino. “Salvino’s career was going well in
Rome despite the fact that he was known to be of Jewish ancestry. It was a time
when a cosmopolitan Pope, very interested in humanist ideas had relaxed all the
restrictions on the employment of non-Christians in church construction
projects.
3852. As so often
happens with architects as well as engineers, everyone assumed that he could do
almost anything, since the erection of a huge edifice was such an amazing
accomplishment. Therefore he was constantly asked to undertake, or at least
supervise, innumerable small tasks. He had to design maps of the world for the
Papal libraries while at the same time he had to cast coinage of gold from
molds he made himself.
3853. The
design of Papal garments for ceremonies became one of Salvino’s
responsibilities, and not only the design but the very creation of the garments
he had to do himself, with the help of numerous tailors. Time went by. Everyone
forgot Salvino’s parentage, or never though about it.
3854. Salvino
was so busy for such a long time that he became a fixture in the Papal
apartments, with several rooms and workshops under his direct supervision. And
then something unfortunate happened.
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